The party of the future, which will be performed by the people of Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna after a half-century
The Village Kawêrêtxikô, in the Land of the Indigenous Capoto Jarina, it was the scene of a historic event: the return of the Feast of the Time. During the two days, the community came together to celebrate their heritage and strengthen their cultural identity
In the early morning hours of the 23rd of August, it was produced by an ancestral song that echoed through the Village Kawêrêtxikô the people of the Tapayuna, in the Land of the Indigenous Capoto Jarina, in the state of Mato Grosso. The voice of the chief Roptyktxi the Tapayuna, old man Kajkwakhratxi-Tapayuna, broke the silence of the night, with the melody of the sacred in the ‘Kukwâj Kô, a call to a Party of the Ape was going to get.
The ceremony was not performed for more than 50 years ago, and since that is the Tapayuna they were forced to leave their traditional territory between the rio Arinos, and the Blood in the area of the Diamond, which is part of the watershed of the Juruena rivers. But at this early in the morning, and the Tapayuna came together to honor their ancestors.
Surrounded by the warmth of the fire, which was burning in the centre of the village, all the men waiting for the rising of the sun. – With the arrival of the light, and the women and children gathered round and started to dance, which will take place in the life, hope, and endurance.
After a couple of laps at the heart of the village, the group headed to the banks of the Xingu river, where a new fire has been lit. The flames have witnessed, a ritual cleansing. One by one, the Tapayuna were immersed in the waters of the sacred river to wash himself of the weight of grief-and emerge reborn for a new age. There, they are left to mourn for their ancestors when they left.
The first step had been completed, and the house of the people, in the centre of the village, and they have two necklaces that were tied at the end of a stick, with no more than three feet in height.
“At this point we have done the ornament of the club, which represents the clan to compete in what is going to happen at the party. We, the many, specific to each clan and of the new, and the parakeet, the dispute between the two groups. This headdress is sacred to us, if you drop it, anything can happen, and a part of the group. For this reason, they should be well taken care of, tied down, so as not to fall during the match,” said Wetaktxi the Tapayuna.
From the time of birth, every human being is connected to one of these groups, thus forming an identity that comes along with them for their entire lives. The first-born belongs to the group of the parakeet. In the second example, that of the ‘easy’, and so on.
With the setting of the sun, went to one of the most eagerly anticipated: the struggle between the clans of the tour, and of the parakeet.
In the center of the sacred circle, and representatives of each of the group’s holding in the club, they had a clash with the symbolic songs and the moves that were interlocked in a spiritual journey.
‘I thought that we would not be able to sing it, we got it. I was so happy. We came here because you want to get to know this holiday. To listen to the elders. He thought that he was going to get to know the culture and tradition of my mom, and my people,” he said Ropkrãse the Tapayuna if you reside in the territory of the Wawi, and it was so Kawêrêtxikô to take part in the ceremony.
Finished with a tie, and other representatives took up the post office, and continued the movements, with a sacred object. In the vicinity of the fan of each group to respond to every submission. Some of them were ovacionados, and the others were able to get lots of laughs out of those who accompanied him to the ceremony.
The ceremony took place during the night, and it was followed by the dawn of the 24-hour day. In a few moments that have happened at intervals, and is truly a banquet were served in the fish and turtles and baked in a banana leaf.
In the morning, the activity at the end: in the sky, an act of purification, which allowed for the Tapayuna to release the negative energy and make good use of it in their minds. The Tapayuna, his body marked up, and a renewed spirit, they knew that they had improved, not only a tradition, but his true identity.
“All of the young people are going to tell all of the children on this night, the same as those elders tell us to. We can’t afford to lose our identity,” he said Ropkrãse the Tapayuna.
For the elderly, the Celebration, the Monkey, was more than a celebration, it was an act of resistance to be able to ensure the continuity of the people, and even after so many acts of violence that have suffered in the past.
Since the young people have witnessed the revival of the Feast of the Monkey, and now you have the responsibility to keep this tradition going, and ensuring that future generations may know and appreciate their roots.
